Hamas urges upcoming Arab summit to uphold rejection of displacement schemes
Hamas has reaffirmed its readiness to cooperate with any initiative to counter attempts to displace Palestinians and reconstruct the Gaza Strip, provided that Palestinian rights remain intact, urging the upcoming Arab summit to maintain its rejection of such schemes.
“We are ready to cooperate with any initiative that aims to counter the displacement of our people from Gaza and to rebuild the strip, without compromising Palestinian rights — particularly our people’s inalienable right to resist the occupation,” Mohammed Darwish, head of Hamas’ Leadership Council, said in a message addressed to the forthcoming event in Cairo next week.
Darwish said Hamas “is committed to completing the remaining phases of the ceasefire agreement, leading to a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire, the full withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Gaza, reconstruction, and the lifting of the siege.”
He asserted that the post-war future of Gaza “must be entirely Palestinian, based on national consensus and supported by Arab partners.”
According to Darwish, Hamas is willing to engage with any Palestinian-agreed solution, whether through the formation of a national unity government composed of technocratic Palestinian experts and professionals or through the establishment of the Social Support Committee proposed by Egypt to manage Gaza’s affairs under existing Palestinian laws.
He emphatically rejected “any attempt to impose non-Palestinian administrative arrangements or the presence of foreign forces in Gaza.”
The senior Hamas official also expressed his groups’ appreciation for the unified Arab stance against Palestinian displacement, especially the positions of Egypt and Jordan.
Darwish urged Arab nations to actively participate in Gaza’s reconstruction, describing it as “the most crucial step to strengthening Palestinian resilience, preventing forced displacement, and thwarting Israeli attempts to depopulate Palestinian land and seize control over it.”
The international community has rejected US President Donald Trump’s plan to take over Gaza and move Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan.
The Muslim world and other nations have vehemently rejected the idea, stressing it amounts to ethnic cleansing.
Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has led to the death of at least 48,388 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injury of 111,803 others since early October 2023.
A ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement went into effect in Gaza on January 19, halting Israel’s aggressive campaign against the coastal region.
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